PROMOs for THIS HAD US CONVINCED IT WAS SOME CHEEZY NEW CARTOON NETWORK SERIES...THEN WE SAW on the IMDb THAT IT HAD a "THEATRICAL TRAILER," and WE REALIZED ONCE AGAIN: HOLLYWOOD HAS NO SHAME WHEN IT COMES to EXPLOITING UNDER-AGE MOVIE-GOERS...

WITH CHARACTERS THAT WEAR OUT THEIR WELCOME in THAT 87-SECOND TRAILER, JOKES THAT the AVERAGE SIX-YEAR-OLD COULD GUESS the PUNCHLINE to WAY in ADVANCE, and a STYLE of COMPUTER ANIMATION UNWORTHY of a CABLE CAR INSURANCE COMMERCIAL, SPACE CHIMPS MAY SET a NEW LOW in HOW CRAPPY a MOVIE TINSEL TOWN IS WILLING to TOSS (LIKE SO MUCH FLUNG MONKEY DOO-DOO) at the UNSUSPECTING "FAMILY AUDIENCE."

THERE's ALSO the CURIOUS COINCIDENCE THAT THIS IS from the SAME STUDIO THAT LAST WEEK BOMBED OUT with the SIMILARLY LAME-LOOKING/SPACE-THEMED MEET DAVE. WE WISH THESE CHIMPS a BOX OFFICE FATE SIMILAR to EDDIE's LATEST FIASCO...

AND NOW, LADIES and PRIMATES, IT's YOUR TURN to START FLINGIN'...

Definitely NOT The Proverbial Room-ful of Monkeys Who, If Locked in a Room with Typewriters, Would Eventually Write Shakespeare...

Not every "family movie" this year sux -- Over the weekend I went with my kid and some friends to see "Journey to the Center of the Earth" in 3-D. While it certainly wasn't brilliant, it did deliver everything it promised: It was fun, fast-paced, not too dopey, and was a far better "popcorn movie" than the latest, semi-lame "Indiana Jones" movie...

This was on my list of 2008 films to watch out for several months ago. Since it is being released the same week as Mommy Mia, this weekend might be a real race for the bottom. Thank goodness for The Dark Knight.

Nine times out of ten, in art as in life, there is no truth to be discovered, only an error to be exposed.--H.L. Menken

After two solid weeks of nothing but good movies, the streak is broken with "Meet Dave" and "Space Chimps" (excluding "Wanted", mentioned on this site but quickly eliminated from the draft once good reviews finally came pouring in)

I also agree that not every "family movie" sucked this year: we've had "Wall-E", "Horton Hears a Who", and "Kitt Kitteredge" to name a few.

Yet, Space Chimps is just the tip of the iceberg of crappy family movie to come out this year. Just look what's coming up: Beverly Hill Chihuahua, Ace Ventura 3, Jim Carrey's Christmas Carol... we should ban any film studio that's not Pixar from making family movies

Wow, our "Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment" category could be cram-packed this year!

Jim Carrey's Christmas Carol? BAH! HUMBUG! If I had my way, every idiot who goes about making a new version of A Christmas Carol should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly in his heart!

Nine times out of ten, in art as in life, there is no truth to be discovered, only an error to be exposed.--H.L. Menken

Well, along with "Mamma Mia", this flick is opening opposite "The Dark Knight", so I here by declare both of those movies D.O.A.

PS: In my humble opinion, all our animated movies should be imported from Japan. They have animation down to a science and do animated movies with storylines that have a hell of a lot more range than talking animals.

I've seen some Japanese imports and I tend to agree with Micheals. "Appleseed" and "Ghost in the Shell" are two animes that I've seen that really stood out (although I can live without the yearly "Pokémon" sequels)

I've seen some Japanese imports and I tend to agree with Micheals. "Appleseed" and "Ghost in the Shell" are two animes that I've seen that really stood out (although I can live without the yearly "Pokémon" sequels)

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